The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-09-18
JUST GET ON TO THIS
San Francisco Capitalists
Who Mean Business.
SALT LAKE AND LOS ANGELES.
The San Francisco Board Of Trade
Favors Its Building, and
PLEDGES Its support.

San FRANCISCO. September 17.-At a
special meeting OF the Board of Trade
this afternoon, resolutions were adopted
favoring the project of standard
guage railroad from Salt Lake City to
Los Angeles, and pledging the support
of the Board in carrying out. the plans
proposed by the projectors at Salt Lake.
1fR. HIBBARD. the Australian agent of
the Union Pacific. is in the city.
THE CorTRAL excursion party, made
up of persons from eastern points, left
yesterday for Southern California.
The REPORTED appointment of Hoyt
Sherman to another position is denied
at headquarters.
The TIMETABLE and other informa-
ton concerning Ut Central trains
curing Conference week, appears in an
other column this morning. The COM
pany will run four trains from the
north and two from the south each day.
The Utah Central anticipates big
rush, but has made every preparation
to handle an lmme Use throng.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON Assistant Traf-
fc Manager Munroe of the Union Pa
ci6c, came TO Ogden. He was met at
the depot by u delegation from the
Chamber of Commerce, with a ba-
rOuChe, and was shown some of the
business portion of the Junction Guy.
La the evening an informal session of
the Chamber was convened, to enter
tain MIR. Munro and Mr.. Keller, WHO
accompanied him, with facts and
figures. Many of the prominent mer-
chants and profession men of this city
were present.
In the course of the meeting. Messrs
Sidney Stevens and William Van Dyke
suggested that II living rate of freight
should be given for Utah barley, which
is highly valued by Eastern bre ers
for the superior color impaired by it 10
beer.
Mr.. MUNReE-What quantity of bar
ley could you control at Ogden, if you
had good rateP
MR. SrEvENs-O thousand cav
loads.
NIB MUNRoE-The matter shall re-
ceive attention.
Mr.. John a. Boyle made an e1posi-
ton of the trouble or light upon whole
sale furniture dealers by unfair rates.
He said: Mr.. Munroe, e have worked
hard here for twelve Years, and vet We
are kept forever poor by the eX )roitant
demands OF the railways. All our effort
goes to enrich them aud only affords US
pauper's pittance. We aim to do a
jobbing business through the north and
northwest. Let me give you an in
stance of how we are treated: From the
River to Ogden, the rate is, say ST. so;
from the River to Baker City,
thousand miles further on, the rate is
81 60; from ogden to Baker the rate is
SLIGO. Now, what chance have we TO do
business up in that country2'
Mr.. MUNRoE-There must be soma
thing wrong about those figures.
Mr.. STEvESs-Yes, that's just what
we complain of. There's Something
wrong about all the railway figures.
{ Laughter.)
The discrimination in passenger rates
to and from PARK City, made ia favor of
Salt Lake. was discussed. Mr. MunrOe
stated that this was ouG OF MS domain,
but he promised that no ADVANTAGE
should be accorded to Salt Lake over
OgCen in freight rates. Whatever con-
cession the railway made to Salt Lake
in competition with the wagon traffic
between Salt Lake and Par City, should
also be accorded to Ogden.
A full exposure was made OF the in
justice perpetrated against Ogden in the
proposed division of exclusive Territory,
ana probably Ogden will secure her
rights.
1t is hoped that a rate of 50 cents
may be obtained for potatoes from Og-
den to Chicago. At present the rates
are such that Ogden has to sell her po-
tatoes at 25 cents per 100 less than
Greeley gets for her potatoes, in order
to compete with the latter point for
trade at the river. But the proposed
rate to Chicago would open up another
market for Ogden and enable her to
give the farmers living rate for pota-
toes.
Major Silva stated that Ogden sent
out more freight than Sail Lake; and
Mayor Eccles added that Ogden shipped
more produce than all other points of
Utah combined.-Ogden Herald.